In flight

[thisbejonas]

I think I have shown this pic on another thread somewhere but I wanted to put it up here for critique. Caught this guy in flight right above me while using the canon 70-200mm with the 2X extender. This is not a cropped image it is as I shot it with some very minor adjustments to bring out some more color.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisbejonas/2224428845/" title="IMG_3518 by thisbejonas, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2248/2224428845_9f84cb8edd.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_3518" /></a>

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 140 mm
ISO Speed: 100

[windrider86]

do you have a specific question to be critqued?

[xxpinballxx]

Jonas....I think the cut off wings is something thats distracting me but other than that its a great catch! Real nice and clear....I think a white vignetting effect would give it a great look. I recently saw a shot that did this to disguise the cut subject.

[sideeffects]

Wow great shot man, I do with the whole subject was in frame but I don't find it too destracting. I would also like to see a more vivid sky that could possibly make the bird pop a bit more.

I was at the beach shooting this weekend and tried to get some of these guys in flight...... lets just say they didn't turn out to well lol. Nice capture!

[Jen473]

I think the cut off wings is something thats distracting me

I agree with Pinball here but on the other hand if it weren't cropped in so close you would probably lose the great detail of the grey feathers around the eyes. I guess it all depends on what you were going for, the motion of the bird in flight or the details of the bird. Beautiful shot either way!

[thisbejonas]

To be honest it was just a lucky snapshot that blew me away with how good the details were considering how close to me and how fast I was having to pan to try to keep up with the bird. I suppose if I had followed a bird that was farther away and got the whole bird in the frame I might have been able to crop it down and achieve alot of details as well. But considering how many zoo pics I have taken of the animals while they are sitting still and did not have near this much detail as the bird does I was truly impressed with it. Thanks for the input :)